KIDS SaY (and do) the DaRNDEST THinGS

You will find nothing academic or informative on this page, but I think you'll enjoy it. I have fun trying to decide which anecdotes and jokes to share each month, and it's the one and only spot where I'm NEVER short of material. I would invite you to send me your favorite kid stories, but I'm afraid I might never find the space to publish your submissions. So...I guess this link belongs to me.

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Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky

On July 20, 1969, as Commander of the Apollo 11 lunar module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon.

His first words after stepping on the Moon, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were televised to Earth and heard by millions.

But just before he re-entered the lander, Armstrong made the enigmatic remark, "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."

Many at NASA thought it was probably a casual remark pertaining to a rival Soviet cosmonaut. However, they later learned there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.

Over the years many questioned Armstrong as to what the "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant. Armstrong always smiled, but never answered.

On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26-year-old question to Armstrong. That time he responded.

It seems the Gorskys had both died, and Armstrong felt he could finally answer the question without embarrassing his old neighbors.

In 1938 when he was a kid in a small town in Ohio, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit the ball and it landed in his neighbor's yard, close to a bedroom window.

The neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. When young Armstrong leaned down to pick up the ball, he overheard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky

"Sex! You want sex? You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the Moon!"

To my knowledge, nobody knows whether or not Mr. Gorsky ever "got lucky."